Re: Bits from the DPL: FTP assistants, marketing team, init scripts, elections

[Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> * martin f krafft 
> 
> | also sprach Sam Hocevar <leader@debian.org> [2008.02.24.1316 +0100]:
> | >    I also would like to spend some Debian money on a contest, similar to
> | > the FreeBSD logo contest [2], to create a friendly mascot for the Debian
> | > project (in a similar way to the Linux penguin or the GNU gnu)
> | 
> | In the free software zoo, the Debian Swirl stands out like no other.
> | Do we need to have a mascot?
> 
> Maybe not, but plushy toys is something I feel this project is
> seriously lacking in.  I don't know how well a plushy swirl would
> work.  Pillows with swirls on them could work, though.

   Full ack. I don't want to kill the logo at all. Actually, one of the
contest rules should certainly be "fits well with the current logo".

   By the way: http://zoy.org/~sam/bisountu.jpeg

Cheers,
-- 
Sam.